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Old 09-11-2013, 12:48 PM
 
Location: North by Northwest
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This is frighteningly accurate. I grew up in Northeastern Pennsylvania, and my closest matches were all within a two-hour drive of my hometown. I am most closely-aligned with those in Philadelphia, PA; Allentown, PA; Yonkers, NY; Stamford, CT; and Tom's River, NJ.
No Scranton-Wilkes Barre in your top five?
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Old 09-11-2013, 12:51 PM
 
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Most similar:
1. Santa Clarita CA (56.9)
2. Oxnard CA (56.8)
3. Thousand Oaks CA (56.8)
4. Salinas CA (56.6)
5. Torrance CA (56.6)

Least similar:
1. Providence RI (50.8)
2. Plymouth MA (51.2)
3. Chattanooga TN (51.4)
4. Huntsville AL (51.5)
5. Knoxville TN (51.6)

Until I moved to Pittsburgh, I'd never lived anywhere except Georgia.
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Old 09-11-2013, 01:57 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh PA
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Most Similar Cities
1 Allentown PA 51.9
2 Philadelphia PA 51.7
3 Elizabeth NJ 51.5
4 Toms River NJ 51.4
5 Yonkers NY 51.3

Least Similar Cities
1 Jackson MS 46.5
2 Baton Rouge LA 46.7
3 Plymouth MA 46.8
4 Manchester NH 46.8
5 Worcester MA 46.9
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Old 09-11-2013, 02:07 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh area
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Where is your accent from, Greg?
Nowhere.

As I said earlier, I lived in far eastern WV for 20 years, with a 9-month gap in Philly, and here for almost 22 years. My parents were originally from SW PA and from southeastern NY (but not city), but moved to WV from NY. Actually the first part is not true, I LIVED in that area of NY for 2.5 years when I was a baby. So I would have learned to talk there. My most common family who I gathered with lived in NJ. But all my school was in WV. So it's 2.5 years in southeastern NY, 18 years in WV and 22 years here, roughly. The Philly stint was pretty insulated and full of people from elsewhere as is common with universities.

So a mid-Atlantic centric result would make sense. It thinks I'm close to Baltimore and Philly.

I'm pretty sure now my first short quiz was a fluke and my internet croaked at that point or something and didn't load my actual personal results screen.
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Old 09-11-2013, 02:18 PM
 
Location: North Oakland
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I'm pretty sure now my first short quiz was a fluke and my internet croaked at that point or something and didn't load my actual personal results screen.
The quiz site was broken, too. The long test said my accent was from Michigan, and that's the last thing I sound like.
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Old 09-11-2013, 08:21 PM
 
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According to the short version of this test.

1 Joliet IL
2 Aurora IL
3 Flint MI
4 Naperville IL
5 Chicago IL
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Old 09-11-2013, 08:38 PM
 
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ah - a web site that is colorblind people friendly ...

As for results - about as accurate as they'll get in my case ...

1 Providence RI
2 New York NY
3 Yonkers NY
4 Boston MA
5 Baltimore MD
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Old 09-11-2013, 08:40 PM
 
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I'm trying to take the long version of this, but the screen goes dim, and then it says the server is full.
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Old 09-11-2013, 08:47 PM
 
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Server Overload
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Old 09-11-2013, 08:49 PM
 
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Server Overload
Same happened to me when I tried for the long version.
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